IPod Touch (1st gen) simply doesn't work anymore. Help?

Question

Horrible day it's been. I wake up and unplug my iPod Touch from its charger. The iPod Touch says it is fully charged. I go to school for a few hours, and come back. My iPod Touch's battery is completely drained. It was completely off, and it drained. I ignore it and recharge my iPod. While charging, I try to access the internet, but Wi-Fi wouldn't work. So, as usual, I went to my settings. Instead of going to Settings > Wifi > and then selecting my connection, I was stopped. The Wifi subcatagory on the Settings catagory was greyed out.
It said "Wifi No Wifi." This never happened before. I go right next to my router, to see if it's my router's problem. Still no wifi. I turn on my laptop to see if there's wifi connection, and there is. It's the iPod's problem.
I go to the iPod Touch support page, and it gives me the 5 R's: Restart, Reset, Retry, Reinstall, Restore. I restart my iPod. No difference. Wifi still wouldn't work. I hook it up to my computer, and try to restore my iPod. It says there is a software problem. I reset my iPod. I'm not quite sure what it did, but somehow it fixed the software problem. So as I am restoring my iPod, it reinstalls the software, which took about 3 hours to download. When I come back to check up on my iPod, all the music and apps are erased. And worst of all, the Wifi still won't work.
I ignore it and figure that I would just have to live without Wifi and I'll just put my music back on. I rehook up my iPod Touch to my computer, and iTunes does not even recognize it as a device. All my iPod Touch does while hooked up to my computer is charge. So I restart my computer and replug in my iPod Touch. No difference.
So now I have an iPod which has no music, no videos, and no apps.
The iPod Touch is not able to even put on music, videos, or apps.
There is still no Wifi.
All it does is tell me the time.
And you know what? It's the wrong time. It's 2 minutes too early.
Now, I understand, my iPod Touch is out of warranty, and after a few years, electronic devices stop working. That's not the main reason I am upset.
The main reason I am upset is that my iPod Touch had a problem, and so I went to the website for instructions on what to do. The 5 steps it told me to do made the situation worse. The 5 steps it told me to do made my iPod Touch go from simply something with a poor battery and no wifi, to something with poor battery, no wifi, no music, no videos, and no apps.
If I were to bring this into an Apple store, would I be entitled to at least a discount on a new device?
Message was edited by: kay.vee

Answer 1

Be more specific.
In what way does it not work?
Error message?
What ios veriosn is on your ipod?
Is the app compatible with your ios version?